[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 85 (Thursday, June 23, 2005)]
[House]
[Pages H5070-H5073]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND
RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2006
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 337 and rule
XVIII, the Chair declares the House in the Committee of the Whole House
on the State of the Union for the further consideration of the bill,
H.R. 3010.
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In the Committee of the Whole
Accordingly, the House resolved itself into the Committee of the
Whole House on the State of the Union for the further consideration of
the bill (H.R. 3010) making appropriations for the Departments of
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes,
with Mr. Terry (Acting Chairman) in the chair.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. When the Committee of the Whole rose earlier
today, the bill was open for amendment from page 68, line 21, through
page 69, line 19.
The Chair will describe the supplemental order of the House after
disposing of unfinished business.
Sequential Votes Postponed in Committee of the Whole
The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, proceedings
will now resume on those amendments on which further proceedings were
postponed, in the following order: amendment offered by the gentleman
from Wisconsin (Mr. Obey), amendment offered by the gentleman from New
York (Mr. Owens), an amendment offered by the gentleman from New
Hampshire (Mr. Bradley).
The Chair will reduce to 5 minutes the time for any electronic vote
after the first vote in this series.
Amendment Offered by Mr. Obey
The Acting CHAIRMAN. The pending business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Wisconsin
(Mr. Obey) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the
noes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The Clerk designated the amendment.
Recorded Vote
The Acting CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 284,
noes 140, not voting 9, as follows:
[Roll No. 305]
AYES--284
Abercrombie
Ackerman
Aderholt
Alexander
Allen
Andrews
Baca
Baird
Baldwin
Barrow
Bean
Becerra
Berkley
Berman
Berry
Biggert
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Boehlert
Bono
Boozman
Boren
Boswell
Boucher
Bradley (NH)
Brady (PA)
Brown (OH)
Brown, Corrine
Butterfield
Camp
Capito
Capps
Capuano
Cardin
Cardoza
Carnahan
Carson
Case
Castle
Chandler
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Coble
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
Costello
Cramer
Crowley
Cubin
Cuellar
Cummings
Cunningham
Davis (AL)
Davis (CA)
Davis (FL)
Davis (IL)
Davis (TN)
Davis, Jo Ann
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
Dent
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle
Drake
Duncan
Edwards
Ehlers
Emanuel
Engel
English (PA)
Eshoo
Etheridge
Evans
Farr
Fattah
Ferguson
Filner
Fitzpatrick (PA)
Foley
Ford
Fossella
Frank (MA)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Gerlach
Gibbons
Gilchrest
Gillmor
Gonzalez
Gordon
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hart
Hastings (FL)
Herseth
Higgins
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Holden
Holt
Honda
Hooley
Hoyer
Inglis (SC)
Inslee
Israel
Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Jefferson
Jenkins
Johnson (CT)
Johnson (IL)
Johnson, E. B.
Jones (OH)
Kanjorski
Kaptur
Kelly
Kennedy (MN)
Kennedy (RI)
Kildee
Kilpatrick (MI)
Kind
King (NY)
Kirk
Kolbe
Kucinich
Kuhl (NY)
LaHood
Langevin
Lantos
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Latham
LaTourette
Leach
Lee
Levin
Lewis (KY)
Lipinski
Lofgren, Zoe
Lowey
Lynch
Maloney
Marchant
Markey
Marshall
Matheson
Matsui
McCarthy
McCaul (TX)
McCollum (MN)
McCotter
McDermott
McGovern
McHugh
McIntyre
McKinney
McNulty
Meehan
Meeks (NY)
Melancon
Menendez
Michaud
Millender-McDonald
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Mollohan
Moore (KS)
Moore (WI)
Moran (KS)
Moran (VA)
Murphy
Murtha
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal (MA)
Ney
Nunes
Oberstar
Obey
Olver
Ortiz
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor
Paul
Payne
Pelosi
Peterson (MN)
Peterson (PA)
Petri
Pickering
Platts
Pomeroy
Porter
Price (NC)
Pryce (OH)
Rahall
Ramstad
Rangel
Reichert
Renzi
Reyes
Reynolds
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Ross
Rothman
Roybal-Allard
Ruppersberger
Rush
Sabo
Salazar
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sanders
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schwartz (PA)
Schwarz (MI)
Scott (GA)
Scott (VA)
Serrano
Shaw
Shays
Sherman
Sherwood
Shimkus
Simmons
Skelton
Slaughter
Smith (NJ)
Smith (WA)
Snyder
Sodrel
Solis
Spratt
Stark
Strickland
Stupak
Sweeney
Tanner
Tauscher
Taylor (MS)
Thomas
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tiberi
Tierney
Towns
Udall (CO)
Upton
Van Hollen
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walden (OR)
Walsh
Wamp
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson
Watt
Waxman
Weiner
Weldon (PA)
Wexler
Whitfield
Wolf
Woolsey
Wu
Wynn
Young (AK)
NOES--140
Akin
Bachus
Baker
Barrett (SC)
Bartlett (MD)
Barton (TX)
Beauprez
Bilirakis
Bishop (UT)
Blackburn
Blunt
Boehner
Bonilla
Bonner
Boustany
Brady (TX)
Brown (SC)
Brown-Waite, Ginny
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Buyer
Calvert
Cannon
Cantor
Carter
Chabot
Chocola
Cole (OK)
Conaway
Cox
Crenshaw
Culberson
Davis (KY)
Deal (GA)
DeLay
Diaz-Balart, L.
Diaz-Balart, M.
Doolittle
Dreier
Emerson
Everett
Feeney
Flake
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Garrett (NJ)
Gingrey
Gohmert
Goode
Goodlatte
Granger
Graves
Green (WI)
Gutknecht
Hall
Harris
Hastings (WA)
Hayes
Hayworth
Hefley
Hensarling
Herger
Hobson
Hoekstra
Hostettler
Hulshof
Hunter
Hyde
Issa
Istook
Jindal
Johnson, Sam
Jones (NC)
Keller
King (IA)
Kingston
Kline
Knollenberg
Lewis (CA)
Linder
LoBiondo
Lucas
Lungren, Daniel E.
Mack
Manzullo
McCrery
McHenry
McKeon
McMorris
Mica
Miller, Gary
Musgrave
Myrick
Neugebauer
Northup
Norwood
Nussle
Osborne
Otter
Oxley
Pearce
Pence
Pitts
Poe
Pombo
Price (GA)
Putnam
Radanovich
Regula
Rehberg
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Ros-Lehtinen
Royce
Ryan (WI)
Ryun (KS)
Saxton
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shadegg
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (TX)
Souder
Stearns
Sullivan
Tancredo
Taylor (NC)
Terry
Thornberry
Tiahrt
Turner
Weldon (FL)
Weller
Westmoreland
Wicker
Wilson (SC)
Young (FL)
NOT VOTING--9
Bass
Boyd
Davis, Tom
Harman
Lewis (GA)
Meek (FL)
Ryan (OH)
Udall (NM)
Wilson (NM)
Announcement by the Acting Chairman
The Acting CHAIRMAN (Mr. Terry) (during the vote). Members are
advised there are 2 minutes remaining in this vote.
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Messrs. CALVERT, ROGERS of Michigan, HEFLEY, COLE of Oklahoma, and
McKEON changed their vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
Messrs. BRADLEY of New Hampshire, MURPHY, and SODREL, and Mrs. JO ANN
DAVIS of Virginia changed their vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
So the amendment was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated for:
Ms. HARRIS. Mr. Chairman, on rollcall No. 305, the Obey Amendment, I
was recorded as voting ``no'' and wished to vote ``aye.''
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Amendment Offered by Mr. Owens
The Acting CHAIRMAN. The pending business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New York
(Mr. Owens) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which
the noes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The Clerk designated the amendment.
Recorded Vote
The Acting CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. This will be a 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 206,
noes 216, not voting 11, as follows:
[Roll No. 306]
AYES--206
Abercrombie
Ackerman
Allen
Andrews
Baca
Baird
Baldwin
Barrow
Bean
Becerra
Berkley
Berman
Berry
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Boren
Boswell
Boucher
Brady (PA)
Brown (OH)
Brown, Corrine
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Cardin
Cardoza
Carnahan
Carson
Case
Chandler
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
Costello
Cramer
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Davis (AL)
Davis (CA)
Davis (FL)
Davis (IL)
Davis (TN)
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle
Edwards
Emanuel
Engel
Eshoo
Etheridge
Evans
Farr
Fattah
Ferguson
Filner
Ford
Frank (MA)
Gonzalez
Gordon
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hastings (FL)
Herseth
Higgins
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Holden
Holt
Honda
Hooley
Hoyer
Inslee
Israel
Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Jefferson
Johnson (IL)
Johnson, E. B.
Jones (OH)
Kanjorski
Kaptur
Kennedy (RI)
Kildee
Kilpatrick (MI)
Kind
Kucinich
LaHood
Langevin
Lantos
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
LaTourette
Lee
Levin
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Lofgren, Zoe
Lowey
Lynch
Maloney
Markey
Matheson
Matsui
McCarthy
McCollum (MN)
McCotter
McDermott
McGovern
McIntyre
McKinney
McNulty
Meehan
Melancon
Menendez
Michaud
Millender-McDonald
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Mollohan
Moore (KS)
Moore (WI)
Moran (VA)
Murphy
Murtha
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal (MA)
Oberstar
Obey
Olver
Ortiz
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor
Payne
Pelosi
Platts
Pomeroy
Price (NC)
Rahall
Rangel
Ross
Rothman
Roybal-Allard
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sabo
Salazar
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sanders
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schwartz (PA)
Scott (GA)
Scott (VA)
Serrano
Shays
Sherman
Shimkus
Skelton
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Snyder
Solis
Spratt
Stark
Strickland
Stupak
Tanner
Tauscher
Taylor (MS)
Terry
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Towns
Udall (CO)
Van Hollen
Velazquez
Visclosky
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson
Watt
Waxman
Weiner
Weldon (PA)
Wexler
Woolsey
Wu
Wynn
NOES--216
Aderholt
Akin
Alexander
Bachus
Baker
Barrett (SC)
Bartlett (MD)
Barton (TX)
Beauprez
Biggert
Bilirakis
Bishop (UT)
Blackburn
Blunt
Boehlert
Boehner
Bonilla
Bonner
Bono
Boozman
Boustany
Bradley (NH)
Brady (TX)
Brown (SC)
Brown-Waite, Ginny
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Buyer
Calvert
Camp
Cannon
Cantor
Capito
Carter
Castle
Chabot
Chocola
Coble
Cole (OK)
Conaway
Cox
Crenshaw
Cubin
Culberson
Cunningham
Davis (KY)
Davis, Jo Ann
Deal (GA)
DeLay
Dent
Diaz-Balart, L.
Diaz-Balart, M.
Doolittle
Drake
Dreier
Duncan
Ehlers
Emerson
English (PA)
Everett
Feeney
Fitzpatrick (PA)
Flake
Foley
Forbes
Fortenberry
Fossella
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Garrett (NJ)
Gerlach
Gibbons
Gilchrest
Gillmor
Gingrey
Gohmert
Goode
Goodlatte
Granger
Graves
Green (WI)
Gutknecht
Hall
Harris
Hart
Hastings (WA)
Hayes
Hayworth
Hefley
Hensarling
Herger
Hobson
Hoekstra
Hostettler
Hulshof
Hunter
Hyde
Inglis (SC)
Issa
Istook
Jenkins
Jindal
Johnson (CT)
Johnson, Sam
Keller
Kelly
Kennedy (MN)
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kirk
Kline
Knollenberg
Kolbe
Kuhl (NY)
Latham
Leach
Lewis (CA)
Lewis (KY)
Linder
Lucas
Lungren, Daniel E.
Mack
Manzullo
Marchant
Marshall
McCaul (TX)
McCrery
McHenry
McHugh
McKeon
McMorris
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller, Gary
Moran (KS)
Musgrave
Myrick
Neugebauer
Ney
Northup
Norwood
Nunes
Nussle
Osborne
Otter
Oxley
Paul
Pearce
Pence
Peterson (MN)
Peterson (PA)
Petri
Pickering
Pitts
Poe
Pombo
Porter
Price (GA)
Pryce (OH)
Putnam
Radanovich
Ramstad
Regula
Rehberg
Reichert
Renzi
Reynolds
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Ros-Lehtinen
Royce
Ryan (WI)
Ryun (KS)
Saxton
Schwarz (MI)
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shadegg
Shaw
Sherwood
Shuster
Simmons
Simpson
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Sodrel
Souder
Stearns
Sullivan
Sweeney
Tancredo
Taylor (NC)
Thomas
Thornberry
Tiahrt
Tiberi
Turner
Upton
Walden (OR)
Walsh
Wamp
Weldon (FL)
Weller
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wicker
Wilson (SC)
Wolf
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
NOT VOTING--11
Bass
Boyd
Davis, Tom
Harman
Jones (NC)
Lewis (GA)
Meek (FL)
Meeks (NY)
Reyes
Udall (NM)
Wilson (NM)
Announcement by the Acting Chairman
The Acting CHAIRMAN (during the vote). Members are advised there are
2 minutes remaining in this vote.
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So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Amendment Offered by Mr. Bradley of New Hampshire
The Acting CHAIRMAN. The pending business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New
Hampshire (Mr. Bradley) on which further proceedings were postponed and
on which the noes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The Clerk designated the amendment.
Recorded Vote
The Acting CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. This will be a 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 161,
noes 262, not voting 10, as follows:
[Roll No. 307]
AYES--161
Akin
Barrow
Bean
Beauprez
Biggert
Bilirakis
Bishop (NY)
Bishop (UT)
Blumenauer
Boozman
Boren
Bradley (NH)
Brady (TX)
Brown (SC)
Burton (IN)
Butterfield
Camp
Cannon
Capito
Case
Chandler
Chocola
Cleaver
Coble
Cole (OK)
Cooper
Costello
Cubin
Davis (CA)
Davis (TN)
Davis, Jo Ann
Drake
Duncan
Edwards
English (PA)
Etheridge
Everett
Feeney
Ferguson
Fitzpatrick (PA)
Flake
Foley
Forbes
Ford
Fortenberry
Fossella
Foxx
Frank (MA)
Franks (AZ)
Gallegly
Garrett (NJ)
Gerlach
Gibbons
Gingrey
Gohmert
Gordon
Graves
Green (WI)
Green, Al
Gutierrez
Gutknecht
Hart
Hayes
Hayworth
Hefley
Hensarling
Herger
Herseth
Hoekstra
Hooley
Hostettler
Hulshof
Hunter
Inslee
Jenkins
Jindal
Johnson (CT)
Johnson (IL)
Jones (NC)
Kelly
Kennedy (MN)
Kennedy (RI)
Kind
King (IA)
Kingston
Kirk
Kline
Kuhl (NY)
Langevin
Latham
Leach
Lewis (KY)
Lipinski
Lungren, Daniel E.
Manzullo
Markey
Matheson
McCaul (TX)
McCollum (MN)
McCotter
McCrery
McHenry
McIntyre
McMorris
Meehan
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller (NC)
Miller, Gary
Moore (KS)
Moran (KS)
Murphy
Musgrave
Neugebauer
Nussle
Osborne
Otter
Pastor
Paul
Pearce
Pence
Peterson (MN)
Petri
Pickering
Pitts
Platts
Poe
Pomeroy
Porter
Price (GA)
Price (NC)
Ramstad
Reichert
Renzi
Rohrabacher
Ryan (OH)
Ryan (WI)
Ryun (KS)
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shadegg
Shays
Simmons
Simpson
Smith (WA)
Souder
Stearns
Tanner
Taylor (NC)
Terry
Tierney
Udall (CO)
Upton
Walden (OR)
Wasserman Schultz
Weiner
Weldon (PA)
Weller
Westmoreland
Wu
Young (AK)
NOES--262
Abercrombie
Ackerman
Aderholt
Alexander
Allen
Andrews
Baca
Bachus
Baird
Baker
Baldwin
Bartlett (MD)
Barton (TX)
Becerra
Berkley
Berman
Berry
Bishop (GA)
Blackburn
Blunt
Boehlert
Boehner
Bonilla
Bonner
Bono
Boswell
Boucher
Boustany
Brady (PA)
Brown (OH)
Brown, Corrine
Brown-Waite, Ginny
Burgess
Buyer
Calvert
Cantor
Capps
Capuano
Cardin
Cardoza
Carnahan
Carson
Carter
Castle
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Chabot
Clay
Clyburn
Conaway
Conyers
Costa
Cox
Cramer
Crenshaw
Crowley
Cuellar
Culberson
Cummings
Cunningham
Davis (AL)
Davis (FL)
Davis (IL)
Davis (KY)
Deal (GA)
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
DeLay
Dent
Diaz-Balart, L.
Diaz-Balart, M.
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Doolittle
Doyle
Dreier
Ehlers
Emanuel
Emerson
Engel
Eshoo
Evans
Farr
Fattah
Filner
Frelinghuysen
Gilchrest
Gillmor
Gonzalez
Goode
Goodlatte
Granger
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Hall
Harris
Hastings (FL)
Hastings (WA)
Higgins
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Hobson
Holden
Holt
Honda
Hoyer
Hyde
Inglis (SC)
Israel
Issa
Istook
Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Jefferson
Johnson, E. B.
Johnson, Sam
Jones (OH)
Kanjorski
Kaptur
Keller
Kildee
Kilpatrick (MI)
King (NY)
Knollenberg
Kolbe
Kucinich
LaHood
Lantos
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
LaTourette
Lee
Levin
Lewis (CA)
Linder
LoBiondo
Lofgren, Zoe
Lowey
Lucas
Lynch
Mack
Maloney
Marchant
Marshall
Matsui
McCarthy
McDermott
McGovern
McHugh
McKeon
McKinney
McNulty
Meeks (NY)
Melancon
Menendez
Mica
Michaud
Millender-McDonald
Miller, George
Mollohan
Moore (WI)
Moran (VA)
Murtha
Myrick
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal (MA)
Ney
Northup
Norwood
Nunes
Oberstar
Obey
Olver
Ortiz
Owens
Oxley
Pallone
Pascrell
Payne
Pelosi
Peterson (PA)
Pombo
Pryce (OH)
Putnam
Radanovich
Rahall
Rangel
Regula
Rehberg
Reynolds
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Ros-Lehtinen
Ross
Rothman
Roybal-Allard
Royce
Ruppersberger
Rush
Sabo
Salazar
Sanchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sanders
Saxton
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schwartz (PA)
Schwarz (MI)
Scott (GA)
Scott (VA)
Serrano
Shaw
Sherman
Sherwood
Shimkus
Shuster
Skelton
Slaughter
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Snyder
Sodrel
Solis
Spratt
Stark
Strickland
Stupak
Sullivan
Sweeney
Tancredo
Tauscher
Taylor (MS)
Thomas
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Thornberry
Tiahrt
Tiberi
Towns
Turner
Van Hollen
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walsh
Wamp
Waters
Watson
Watt
Waxman
Weldon (FL)
Wexler
Whitfield
Wicker
Wilson (SC)
Wolf
Woolsey
Wynn
Young (FL)
NOT VOTING--10
Barrett (SC)
Bass
Boyd
Davis, Tom
Harman
Lewis (GA)
Meek (FL)
Reyes
Udall (NM)
Wilson (NM)
Announcement By The Acting Chairman
The Acting CHAIRMAN (Mr. Terry) (during the vote). There are 2
minutes remaining in this vote.
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Mr. PORTER and Miss McMORRIS changed their vote from ``no'' to
``aye.''
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to the order of the House of today, no
further amendment to the bill, as amended, may be offered except pro
forma amendments offered at any point in the reading by the chairman or
ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations or their
designees for the purpose of debate, the additional amendments
specified in the order, and amendments en bloc specified in this order.
It shall be in order at any time for the chairman of the Committee on
Appropriations or a designee, after consultation with the ranking
minority member of the Committee on Appropriations, to offer amendments
en bloc consisting of amendments that may be offered under the order,
or germane modifications of any such amendment. Such amendments en bloc
shall be considered as read, except that modifications shall be
reported, shall be debatable for 10 minutes equally divided and
controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee
on Appropriations or their designees, shall not be subject to
amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the
question. The original proponent of an amendment included in such
amendments en bloc may insert a statement in the Congressional Record
immediately before the disposition of the amendments en bloc.
The additional amendments specified in the order are:
amendments printed in the Congressional Record and numbered 1, 2, 4,
5, 8, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 24;
an amendment by the gentleman from Iowa (Mr. King) regarding coverage
of certain drugs;
an amendment by the gentlewoman from Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro)
regarding enforcement of certain compliance agreements;
an amendment by the gentleman from New York (Mr. Engel) regarding
grants under the Public Health Service Act;
an amendment by the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Kind) regarding
designations of critical access hospitals;
an amendment by the gentleman from California (Mr. Waxman) regarding
certain appointments to Federal advisory committees;
an amendment by the gentleman from California (Mr. George Miller)
regarding United Airline pension plans;
an amendment by the gentleman from New York (Mr. Hinchey) regarding
the content or distribution of public telecommunications programs and
services under the Communications Act of 1934;
an amendment by the gentleman from California (Mr. Honda) regarding
military recruiters;
an amendment by the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Obey) regarding
funding levels and income tax rates;
an amendment by the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Van Hollen)
regarding special allowances under the Higher Education Act;
an amendment by the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey)
regarding interoperable information technology;
an amendment by the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Brown) regarding funding
for the Medicaid Commission;
amendments by the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Regula) regarding veterans
programs of the Department of Labor, LIHEAP, section 503 of H.R. 3010,
or a limitation on the use of certain education funds; and
an amendment by the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Price) regarding
funding for certain education programs.
Each additional amendment may be offered only by the Member named in
the request or a designee, or by the Member who caused it to be printed
in the Record or a designee, shall be considered as read, shall be
debatable for 10 minutes equally divided and controlled by the
proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment except
that the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on
Appropriations and the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human
Services, Education, and Related Agencies each may offer one pro forma
amendment for the purpose of debate; and shall not be subject to a
demand for division of the question.
Mr. REGULA. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last word and yield to
the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Jindal).
Mr. JINDAL. Mr. Chairman, I rise today to request that in lieu of
offering my amendment, which will provide that a small portion of the
$50 million in health information technology grants that are already
allocated to the agency for health care research and quality are
designated to small and rural hospitals to implement bedside bar-coded
medication technology, that we agree to work together to achieve
improvements in health care quality by implementing technology
initiatives in our small and rural hospitals.
Mr. Chairman, quality of health care is the driving force for
implementing technological changes in the administration of medications
in hospitals. More than one-third of adverse drug events occur during
the administration to patients.
The estimated cost of preventable errors in the inpatient setting is
a staggering $2 billion annually. Hand-held devices that scan bar codes
on medication bags, patient wristbands, and nurse badges can help
eliminate those errors by tracking medical information and alerting
hospital staff before a mistake is made.
In fact, a study by the University of Wisconsin shows that
medication-dispensing errors can be reduced from 1.43 percent 0.13
percent with the use of bar code technology. Unfortunately, the
penetration of these devices is small. Less than 10 percent of
hospitals have implemented such systems.
The second driving force for implementing bar code technology is
cost. The cost burden relative to the ever-rising demand for health
care is not going to be met without implementing
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technological advancements in health care organizations.
The United States spends over $1.2 trillion a year on health care. We
could have a dramatic impact on reducing the amount of paperwork on the
administrative side by using bar code technology that automatically
captures patient data and eliminates some of the costly administrative
burdens that take hospital staff away from patient care.
Moreover, the quality of life in rural America depends on having
access to quality, affordable health care.
Mr. Chairman, will you agree to work with me to improve the quality
of health care in small and rural hospitals as this bill moves forward
in the legislative process?
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Mr. REGULA. Yes. I thank the gentleman for bringing this important
issue to my attention and to the attention of the House of
Representatives.
I agree that the quality of health care in rural America is an
important issue. And regrettably in a tight fiscal environment, some
reductions have been made to rural health care programs. I look forward
to working with the gentleman to help find funding streams from which
to draw from to help improve the technology available to patients of
health care providers in rural America.
Mr. JINDAL. I thank the gentleman.
Mr. REGULA. Mr. Chairman, I move that the Committee do now rise.
The motion was agreed to.
Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr.
Marchant) having assumed the chair, Mr. Terry, Acting Chairman of the
Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, reported that
that Committee, having had under consideration the bill (H.R. 3010)
making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human
Services, and Education, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes, had come to no
resolution thereon.
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